Monday, July 02, 2012

Write Like Hemingway In One (Not So Easy) Step...

What does it take to attract the attention of millions, as Hemingway did and still does? I don't have all the answers but I do believe I know what may be most important to start with.

I took this photo above in Ernest Hemingway's writing room when we were in Key West this past March. My favorite part of the trip was touring his house.

I could have stayed for hours longer. I tried to take in each nook and cranny of every room with my eyes during the brief time we were there. When we go back to Key West, I will go again. And probably every time I may happen to be in Key West, I will go.

Courage stirs in me when I am there.

I imagined what it would be like to live in the house.
What it would be like to write there in the upstairs study he had overlooking the pool.